46.048 History
History: 1975 c. 189 s.
99 (2);
1975 c. 430 s.
78.
46.055
46.055
Secure mental health facility for sexually violent persons. The department shall establish and operate a secure mental health facility for the detention, evaluation and institutional care of persons under
ch. 980.
46.055 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
46.055 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
DHS 95, Wis. adm. code.
46.056
46.056
Wisconsin Resource Center. 46.056(1)
(1) The department shall establish the Wisconsin Resource Center on the grounds of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute near Oshkosh. Notwithstanding
s. 301.03, the department shall have responsibility for administering the center as a correctional institution that provides psychological evaluations, specialized learning programs, training and supervision for inmates whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in state prisons and whose mental health needs can be met at the center.
46.056(2)
(2) Notwithstanding
sub. (1), the correctional officers providing security at the Wisconsin resource center are employees of the department of corrections.
46.056 History
History: 1981 c. 20;
1989 a. 31,
107.
46.056 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
DHS 97, Wis. adm. code.
46.056 Annotation
The rights and responsibilities of counties in prisoner transfers to the Wisconsin resource center are discussed.
71 Atty. Gen. 170.
46.057
46.057
Mendota juvenile treatment center. 46.057(1)
(1) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center on the grounds of the Mendota Mental Health Institute. The department may designate staff at the Mendota Mental Health Institute as responsible for administering, and providing services at, the center. Notwithstanding
ss. 301.02,
301.03, and
301.36 (1), the department shall operate the Mendota juvenile treatment center as a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in
s. 938.02 (10p). The center shall not be considered a hospital, as defined in
s. 50.33 (2), an inpatient facility, as defined in
s. 51.01 (10), a state treatment facility, as defined in
s. 51.01 (15), or a treatment facility, as defined in
s. 51.01 (19). The center shall provide psychological and psychiatric evaluations and treatment for juveniles whose behavior presents a serious problem to themselves or others in other juvenile correctional facilities and whose mental health needs can be met at the center. With the approval of the department of health services, the department of corrections may transfer to the center any juvenile who has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility under the supervision of the department of corrections under
s. 938.183,
938.34 (4h) or
(4m), or
938.357 (4) or
(5) (e) in the same manner that the department of corrections transfers juveniles between other juvenile correctional facilities.
46.057(2)
(2) From the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $1,379,300 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under
s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,639,800 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $2,707,300 in fiscal year 2008-09 for services for juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services.
46.058
46.058
Bonds of employees; police powers; investigation of complaints. 46.058(1)(1) The steward of each institution under the control of the department shall execute and file an official bond in such sum and with such sureties as the secretary prescribes. The steward shall also require any other officer or other person having the possession or custody of any money or property belonging to the state or any institution under its control or supervision to give an official bond, and from time to time renew the bond. The secretary may require a position bond whenever it appears advisable to him or her. The position bond shall have the same coverage as the official bond.
46.058(2)
(2) The superintendents of all institutions administered by the department and of all county hospitals and county homes, and the employees under them to whom they delegate police power, may arrest any person within or upon the grounds of such institutions whom they have reason to believe is guilty of any offense against the laws or regulations governing the institutions; and for that purpose they shall possess the powers of constables.
46.058(2m)
(2m) The superintendents of the secure mental health facility established under
s. 46.055, the Wisconsin resource center established under
s. 46.056 and any secure mental health unit or facility provided by the department of corrections under
s. 980.065 (2) shall adopt proper means to prevent escapes of persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under
ch. 980 and may adopt proper means to pursue and capture persons detained or committed to the facility, center or unit under
ch. 980 who have escaped. In adopting means under this subsection to prevent escape and pursue and capture persons who have escaped, a superintendent may delegate to designated staff members of the facility, center or unit the power to use necessary and appropriate force, as defined by the department by rule, to prevent escapes and capture escaped persons.
46.058(3)
(3) The department shall investigate complaints against any institution under its jurisdiction or against the officers or employees thereof. For that purpose the secretary and such officers and employees as the secretary authorizes may summon and swear witnesses, take testimony and compel the production of books and papers. The department may, on its own initiative, investigate the affairs of any institution. Any written communication or complaint addressed to the secretary by any inmate, employee or subordinate of any such institution shall be forthwith forwarded unopened to the addressee.
46.058 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
DHS 95, Wis. adm. code.
46.06
46.06
Lands; condemnation, easements, leases, sales, purchases. Subject to
s. 16.848
:
46.06(1)
(1) Condemnation. When the department is authorized and desires to acquire land and is unable to agree with the owner upon the terms of purchase, or when such agreement cannot be had without unreasonable delay, the department may condemn the land in the manner prescribed in
ch. 32.
46.06(2)
(2) Easements. The department may grant easements for the extension of municipal and public utilities onto the lands of the institutions under its jurisdiction, for the purpose of connecting railroads, roads, water systems, sewers, electric lines and similar facilities, to serve such institutions.
46.06(3)
(3) Leases. The department may rent additional lands for the operation of the institutions under its jurisdiction.
46.06(4)
(4) Sales. The department may, with the approval of the building commission, sell and convey such lands under the jurisdiction of the department as the secretary deems to be in excess of the present or future requirements of the department for either the operation of its facilities or programs, for the maintenance of buffer zones adjacent to its facilities or for other public purposes. The proceeds of such sales are subject to
s. 13.48 (14) (c).
46.06(5)
(5) Purchases. The department may, with the approval of and release of state building trust fund by the building commission, acquire by purchase such lands, together with such improvements as are situated thereon, as the secretary deems necessary for the department's farm programs, or for the purpose of providing adequate buffer zones to its existing facilities, or for the purpose of eliminating flexuous boundaries in cooperation with owners of lands adjoining lands under the department's jurisdiction.
46.064
46.064
Client wages, allowances and release payments. The department may pay a wage or an allowance and a release payment to clients at its institutions. The department shall prescribe the amounts of pay and such hours, health and other conditions in connection with employment as are reasonable.
46.064 History
History: 1971 c. 125,
215;
1973 c. 333.
46.066
46.066
Freedom of worship; religious ministration. 46.066(1)(1) Subject to reasonable exercise of the privilege, members of the clergy of all religious faiths shall be given an opportunity, at least once each week, to conduct religious services within the state institutions under the control of the department. Attendance at the services is voluntary.
46.066(2)
(2) Religious ministration and sacraments according to the inmate's faith shall be allowed to every inmate who requests them.
46.066(3)
(3) Every inmate who requests it shall have the use of the Bible.
46.066 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 316.
46.066 Annotation
The state must make copies of the Quran available to prisoners to the same extent that Bibles are made available. Pitts v. Knowles,
339 F. Supp. 1183 (1972).
46.07
46.07
Property of patients or residents. All money including wages and other property delivered to an officer or employee of any institution for the benefit of a patient or resident shall immediately be delivered to the steward, who shall enter the money upon the steward's books to the credit of the patient or resident. The property shall be used only under the direction and with the approval of the superintendent and for the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under
s. 973.045 (4), the delinquency victim and witness assistance surcharge under
s. 938.34 (8d) (c), the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under
s. 973.046, the child pornography surcharge under
s. 973.042, the drug offender diversion surcharge under
s. 973.043, or the benefit of the patient or resident. If the money remains uncalled for for one year after the patient's or resident's death or departure from the institution, the superintendent shall deposit the money in the general fund. If any patient or resident leaves property, other than money, uncalled for at an institution for one year, the superintendent shall sell the property, and the proceeds shall be deposited in the general fund. If any person satisfies the department, within 5 years after the deposit, of his or her right to the deposit, the department shall direct the department of administration to draw its warrant in favor of the claimant and it shall charge the same to the appropriation made by
s. 20.913 (3) (c).
46.07 Annotation
Diversion of 15% into a savings account of all money sent to a prisoner, to be given to the prisoner upon release, did not violate due process. Sahagian v. Dickey,
646 F. Supp. 1502 (1986).
46.09
46.09
Purchases, bills, audits, payments. Subject to
s. 16.848:
46.09(1)
(1) Steward as business manager. The steward of each institution under the control of the department is the local business manager and requisitioning officer, subject to the direction and rules of the department, and within the limits of the approved monthly estimates shall purchase all necessary materials and supplies, as provided in
ss. 16.70 to
16.82. The steward shall have the immediate charge of all books, accounts, papers and records relating to the institution's financial management, shall keep detailed accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and shall be responsible for the safekeeping and economical use of all stores and supplies.
46.09(2)
(2) Butter and cheese. No butter or cheese not made wholly and directly from pure milk or cream, salt and harmless coloring matter may be used in any of the institutions of the department.
46.09(3)
(3) Public welfare institutions preaudit; payments. Unless otherwise provided by law, no bills may be incurred in the management of such institutions nor be paid until they have been audited by the department of health services under the supervision of the department of administration. All payments shall be made on the warrant of the department of administration drawn in accordance with the certificate of the proper designated officer of the department of health services. All claims and accounts before being certified to the department of administration by the department of health services, shall be verified and approved in the same manner as provided in
s. 16.53.
46.10
46.10
Cost of care and maintenance, liability; collection and deportation counsel; collections; court actions; recovery. 46.10(1)(1) Liability and the collection and enforcement of such liability for the care, maintenance, services and supplies specified in this section is governed exclusively by this section, except in cases of child support ordered by a court under
s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4.,
48.357 (5m) (a) or
48.363 (2) or
ch. 767.
46.10(2)
(2) Except as provided in
subs. (2m) and
(14) (b) and
(c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s.
975.01, 1977 stats., s.
975.02, 1977 stats., s.
975.17, 1977 stats., s.
55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and
55.06, 2003 stats., and
ss. 51.10,
51.13,
51.15,
51.20,
51.35 (3),
51.37 (5),
51.45 (10),
(11),
(12) and
(13),
55.05,
55.055,
55.12,
55.13,
55.135,
971.14 (2) and
(5),
971.17 (1),
975.06 and
980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under
s. 51.42 or
51.437 or from a facility established under
s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s.
980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s.
980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or
s. 971.17 (3) (d) or
(4) (e) or
980.08 (4) (g) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in
s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under
s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.
46.10(2m)
(2m) The liability specified in
sub. (2) shall not apply to tuberculosis patients receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies under
ss. 252.07 to
252.10, to persons 18 and older receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by prisons named in
s. 302.01 or to parents of a minor who receives care for alcohol or drug abuse under
s. 51.47 (1) without consent of the minor's parent or guardian.
46.10(3)
(3) After investigation of the liable persons' ability to pay, the department shall make collection from the person who in the opinion of the department under all of the circumstances is best able to pay, giving due regard to relationship and the present needs of the person or of the lawful dependents. However, the liability of relatives for maintenance shall be in the following order: first, the spouse of the patient; then, in the case of a minor, the parent or parents.
46.10(4)(a)(a) If a person liable under
sub. (2) fails to make payment or enter into or comply with an agreement for payment, the department may bring an action to enforce the liability or may issue an order to compel payment of the liability. Any person aggrieved by an order issued by the department under this paragraph may appeal the order as a contested case under
ch. 227 by filing with the department a request for a hearing within 30 days after the date of the order.
46.10(4)(b)
(b) If judgment is rendered in an action brought under
par. (a) for any balance that is 90 or more days past due, interest at the rate of 12% per year shall be computed by the clerk and added to the liable person's costs. That interest shall begin on the date on which payment was due and shall end on the day before the date of any interest that is computed under
s. 814.04 (4).
46.10(4)(c)
(c) If the department issues an order to compel payment under
par. (a), interest at the rate of 12% per year shall be computed by the department and added at the time of payment to the person's liability. That interest shall begin on the date on which payment was due and shall end on the day before the date of final payment.
46.10(5)
(5) If any person named in an order to compel payment issued under
sub. (4) (a) fails to pay the department any amount due under the terms of the order and no contested case to review the order is pending and the time for filing for a contested case review has expired, the department may present a certified copy of the order to the circuit court for any county. The circuit court shall, without notice, render judgment in accordance with the order. A judgment rendered under this subsection shall have the same effect and shall be entered in the judgment and lien docket and may be enforced in the same manner as if the judgment had been rendered in an action tried and determined by the circuit court.
46.10(6)
(6) The sworn statement of the collection and deportation counsel, or of the secretary, shall be evidence of the fee and of the care and services received by the patient.
46.10(7)
(7) The department shall administer and enforce this section. It shall appoint an attorney to be designated "collection and deportation counsel" and other necessary assistants. The department may delegate to the collection and deportation counsel such other powers and duties as it considers advisable. The collection and deportation counsel or any of the assistants may administer oaths, take affidavits and testimony, examine public records, subpoena witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, and documents material to any matter of proceeding relating to payments for the cost of maintenance. The department shall encourage agreements or settlements with the liable person, having due regard to ability to pay and the present needs of lawful dependents.
46.10(8)(a)
(a) Appear for the state in any and all collection and deportation matters arising in the several courts, and may commence suit in the name of the department to recover the cost of maintenance against the person liable therefor.
46.10(8)(b)
(b) Determine whether any patients are subject to deportation; and on behalf of this state enter into reciprocal agreements with other states for deportation and importation of persons who are public charges, upon such terms as will protect the state's interests and promote mutual amicable relations with other states.
46.10(8)(c)
(c) From time to time investigate the financial condition and needs of persons liable under
sub. (2), their ability to presently maintain themselves, the persons legally dependent upon them for support, the protection of the property and investments from which they derive their living and their care and protection, for the purpose of ascertaining the person's ability to make payment in whole or in part.
46.10(8)(d)
(d) After due regard to the case and to a spouse and minor children who are lawfully dependent on the property for support, compromise or waive any portion of any claim of the state or county for which a person specified under
sub. (2) is liable, but not any claim payable by an insurer under
s. 632.89 (2) or
(2m) or by any other 3rd party.
46.10(8)(e)
(e) Make an agreement with a person who is liable under
sub. (2), or who may be willing to assume the cost of maintenance of any patient, providing for the payment of such costs at a specified rate or amount.
46.10(8)(f)1.1. Make adjustment and settlement with the several counties for their proper share of all moneys collected.
46.10(8)(h)
(h) Ensure that all moneys collected under
sub. (12) on and after January 1, 1974, be credited under
ss. 46.036 and
51.423.
46.10(8)(i)
(i) Pay quarterly from the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (2) (gk) and
(7) (gg) the collection moneys due county departments under
ss. 51.42 and
51.437. Payments shall be made as soon after the close of each quarter as is practicable.
46.10(8m)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), for county departments under
s. 51.42 or
51.437, the department shall do all of the following:
46.10(8m)(a)1.
1. Deduct 100% of all money collected on or after January 1, 1975, from the chargeable cost of care at the mental health institutes.
46.10(8m)(a)2.
2. Deduct or remit, through the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (2) (gk), all money collected for persons ineligible for medical assistance benefits and who lack other means of full payment for care provided on or after January 1, 1982, by centers for the developmentally disabled. The deduction or remittance under this subdivision may not exceed the amount chargeable under
s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) 2. a.
46.10(8m)(a)3.
3. Return to boards 70% of all collections made for county hospitals.
46.10(8m)(a)4.
4. Return to boards 50% of collections made by the department for services other than those specified under
par. (a) 1.,
2. or
3.
46.10(8m)(b)1.1. Paragraph (a) 1. and
2. does not apply to primary psychiatric care, which shall be billed on the basis of total chargeable cost. Collections for primary care shall be deducted from the chargeable cost of other types of care provided at the institutes.
46.10(9)
(9) Any person who willfully testifies falsely as to any material matter in an investigation or proceeding under this section shall be guilty of perjury. Banks, employers, insurers, savings banks, savings and loan associations, brokers and fiduciaries, upon request of the department, shall furnish in writing and duly certified, full information regarding the property, earnings or income or any funds deposited to the credit of or owing to any person liable under
sub. (2). Such certified statement shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding to compel payment under this section, and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, provided a copy of such statement be served upon the party sought to be charged not less than 3 days before the hearing.
46.10(10)
(10) The department shall make all reasonable and proper efforts to collect all claims for maintenance, to keep payments current, and to periodically review all unpaid claims.
46.10(11)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), in any action to recover from a person liable under this section, the statute of limitations may be pleaded in defense.
46.10(11)(b)
(b) If a person who is liable under this section is deceased, a claim may be filed against the decedent's estate and the statute of limitations specified in
s. 859.02 shall be exclusively applicable. This paragraph applies to liability incurred on or after July 20, 1985.
46.10(12)
(12) The district attorney or his or her assistants in a county having a population of 500,000 or more shall, in matters pertaining to the recovery of the cost of maintenance of persons in county institutions in that county, have the same authority as granted in this section to the department.
46.10(13)
(13) This section does not impair any rights or liability existing prior to June 19, 1947.
46.10(14)(a)(a) Except as provided in
pars. (b) and
(c), liability of a person specified in
sub. (2) or
s. 46.03 (18) for inpatient care and maintenance of persons under 18 years of age at community mental health centers, a county mental health complex under
s. 51.08, the centers for the developmentally disabled, the Mendota Mental Health Institute, and the Winnebago Mental Health Institute or care and maintenance of persons under 18 years of age in residential, nonmedical facilities such as group homes, foster homes, treatment foster homes, subsidized guardianship homes, residential care centers for children and youth, and juvenile correctional institutions is determined in accordance with the cost-based fee established under
s. 46.03 (18). The department shall bill the liable person up to any amount of liability not paid by an insurer under
s. 632.89 (2) or
(2m) or by other 3rd-party benefits, subject to rules that include formulas governing ability to pay promulgated by the department under
s. 46.03 (18). Any liability of the patient not payable by any other person terminates when the patient reaches age 18, unless the liable person has prevented payment by any act or omission.
46.10(14)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
par. (c) and subject to
par. (cm), liability of a parent specified in
sub. (2) or
s. 46.03 (18) for the care and maintenance of the parent's minor child who has been placed by a court order under
s. 48.355 or
48.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility such as a group home, foster home, treatment foster home, subsidized guardianship home, or residential care center for children and youth shall be determined by the court by using the percentage standard established by the department of children and families under
s. 49.22 (9) and by applying the percentage standard in the manner established by the department under
par. (g).
46.10(14)(c)
(c) Upon request by a parent, the court may modify the amount of child support payments determined under
par. (b), subject to
par. (cm), if, after considering the following factors, the court finds by the greater weight of the credible evidence that the use of the percentage standard is unfair to the child or to either of the parents:
46.10(14)(c)2.
2. The physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child, including any costs for the child's health insurance provided by a parent.
46.10(14)(c)3.
3. The standard of living and circumstances of the parents, including the needs of each parent to support himself or herself at a level equal to or greater than that established under
42 USC 9902 (2).
